24 Hours – A Day of Seals

24 Hours – A Day of Seals
Box set by Merzbow
Released	September 2, 2002
Recorded	April–May 2002
Studio	Bedroom, Tokyo
Genre	Noise; drone doom; dark ambient;
Length	217:09
Label	Dirter Promotions
Producer	Masami Akita
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24 Hours – A Day of Seals is a box set studio album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It has a less-noisy, drone metal influenced sound. Many of the tracks on the album feature guitar loops.

To celebrate the release of two seal-themed albums, 24 Hours – A Day of Seals and Merzbeat, an exhibition called Seal Exhibit (海豹展, Azarashi ten) was held October 10 – December 10, 2002 at Los Apson?, a record store in Tokyo. The exhibit featured eight seal-themed paintings.[1]

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

CD 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Good Morning Azarashi"	14:06
2.	"Mincle No Uta"	9:19
3.	"Tetsu's Parade"	6:28
4.	"Rising King Penguin"	10:49
5.	"Dugong"	10:33
Total length:		51:15

CD 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Charcoal Grey Clouds"	43:59
2.	"Industrial Barbecue"	11:54
Total length:		55:52

CD 3
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scarletstripped Clean Guitars"	20:14
2.	"Bikal Sunshine"	6:18
3.	"Sleeping White Whales"	18:48
4.	"Untitled Pulse"	7:19
Total length:		52:41

CD 4
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moon Jelly Fish"	10:33
2.	"Walrus Band"	24:27
3.	"Goma"	12:04
4.	"Child of Dream Sea"	10:18
Total length:		57:43

Personnel

Masami Akita – PowerBooks, guitars, EMS Synthi A, artwork
Jenny Akita – photography
Denis Blackham – mastering at Country Masters

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References

"海豹展 October 10 - December 10, 2002". Merzbow - Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 5, 2002. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

External links

Merzpainting at Tumblr
24 Hours – A Day of Seals at Discogs
24 Hours: A Day of Seals at MusicBrainz

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[1] "海豹展 October 10 - December 10, 2002". Merzbow - Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 5, 2002. Retrieved July 24, 2015.